Mandy Jenkins, an African American cook for a wealthy white family in Birmingham, Alabama, discovers her husband Cornell is having an affair with Eloise Jackson. When she confronts her husband and Eloise at a nightclub, a violent fight ensues. Eloise leaves Birmingham and relocates to Harlem, getting a job as a cabaret vocalist under the stage name Cora Smith. She is followed to Harlem by her husband, Lem, who gets mixed up in the local crime scene. Mandy also arrives in New York, having left Cornell. She gets a job as the wardrobe mistress at the cabaret where Eloise is performing. When Eloise breaks her leg during a drunken fall, Mandy is recruited as a last-minute substitute. (Adapted from Wikipedia.)

This film was released without copyright notice, nor was it ever registered with the copyright office. Thus, it is and always has been in the public domain.


This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Oscar Micheaux
Producer: Oscar Micheaux
Production Company: Micheaux Film
Audio/Visual: mono, black & white
Language: English
Keywords: race film; independent; backstage musical; melodrama;

Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

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Directed by
Oscar Micheaux

Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Oscar Micheaux screenplay
Oscar Micheaux story "Mandy"

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Cora Green ... Amanda 'Mandy' Jenkins
Larry Seymour ... Cornell Jenkins
Hazel Diaz ... Eloise Jackson / Cora Smith
Alec Lovejoy ... Lem Jackson / Big Jones
Amanda Randolph ... Liza Freeman (as Mandy Randolph)
Trixie Smith ... Lucy
Carman Newsome ... Ted Gregory
Nat Reed ... Ted, Gregory's Assistant
Sammy Gardiner ... Sammy, Gregory's Assistant
Dorothy Van Engle... Lena Powell
Doli Armena ... Miss Watkins, a Trumpet Player
Columbus Jackson ... A Hustler
George R. Taylor ... Mr. Becker, Theatrical Backer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leon Gross
Consuelo [Consuela] Harris (as Miss Harris)
Leon Gross & His Orchestra
The Tyler Twins

Produced by
Oscar Micheaux .... producer

Cinematography by
Lester Lang

Film Editing by
Patricia Rooney

Sound Department
Edward Fenton .... sound recording engineer (as Ed Fenton)
E.A. Schabbehor .... sound recording engineer

Music Department
Leon Gross .... conductor

Other crew
Alice B. Russell .... presenter (as A. Burton Russell)